What is this?
This is the Goon Approved ™ (r) (lol) recommended list of paints. This isn’t a list of all the paints, or even a list of all the paints you should but (after all you can mix almost anything) but a recommendation of paints, possibly their best purpose/use (see Lupe’s guides for details on specifics) and just generally useful paints/combos.
There’s no bias for one particular brand, if a paint is here it’s because someone recommended it, when a similar alternative is known it can be added alongside it too.
Core Paint Set
These are the paint’s that I personally consider essential to cover most needs when it comes to painting. If I could only ever have the below paints I’d still be a happy nerd.
Additional Niceties
The following is a list of my favourite paints, and common recipes I use them in. This list will change over time, so keep checking back.
| Paint | Alternative | Main Purpose | Comments/ Other Uses |
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| Thousand Sons Blue (Citadel) | Base coating. Lighter Blue/Teal | Great starting point for Teal or Turquoise with excellent coverage. Highlight with Temple Guard Blue and Baharroth Blue, extreme highlight with Ulthuan Grey |
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| Temple Guard Blue (Citadel) | Light Turquoise 70 840 (Vallejo Model Color) | Layering. Light Blue | Cerulean blue. Great first highlight for an Ultramarine blue colour. |
| Baharroth Blue (Citadel) | Edge Highlight. Super Light Blue | Great highlight for Temple Guard Blue. Mix with Lahmian Medium as a wash over Ulthuan Grey for instant plasma coils. |
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| Drakenhoff Nightshade (Citadel) | Shade/Wash | Great shade for all blues. Thins well with Lahmian Medium to lesson the effect. Works nicely over Leadbelcher and Gunmetals as an alternative to Nuln Oil. Use in eye sockets after a dot of bone for the eyes, to tone down the eye ball and darken the sockets. |
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| Blue Ink (Scale 75) | Ink | Very strong blue ink, useful for making washes. | |
| Death Guard Green (Citadel) | Base coating. Very Pale Green. | Mid tone for Death Guard. Shade's well with Biel Tan Green Wash. Instant Ork Skin: Death Guard, Biel Tan, 4:1:1 Lahmian Medium, Biel-Tan and Intermediate Green Glaze, highlight Intermediate Green + Yellow. |
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| Biel-Tan Green (Citadel) | Shade/Wash | Use over most greens to get a medium green shadow. Thin with Lahmian if you want to use over lighter greens |
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